A good day

This morning my Religion professor had us go outside and try to figure out what Annie Dillard meant by "Catch it if you can." A friend and I chose to walk down to Coe Lake to observe "nature." We ended up watching a group of geese. It was actually really fun. My friend is a bio major so she was telling me about how she once observed geese for a zoology class. She told me how one goose always keeps watch while the rest sit or eat. It was true. I really enjoyed standing there and watching geese. I also think I figured out what Dillard meant. "It" refers to life or the present. Once you see or hear something it is in the past, so catching the present can be challenging. Also, when out in nature there is so much going on around you that it is so hard to catch everything. I was watching the leader goose walk when my friend laughed and said one of the geese cracked the ice and fell a little. I wished I had seen it, but it's impossible to catch everything. We also noted how weird it was to hear birds chirping and to feel the sun shine on our faces in February. It was pretty warm out today. I really enjoyed this use of class time. After about twenty minutes the entire class met up again and talked about what they thought Dillard meant. At the end of class our prof gave us good news. He is going out of town tomorrow so we will not have class Friday. That means that I only have one class on Friday and it's at noon! I only have two more classes this week. I think I can make it. I foresee tomorrow being another good day.